Patricia Tig and Raluca Platon are both in the singles semifinals in Antalya. I never saw Tig before, but she looks *a lot* like Simona Halep in this picture. Maybe she can start playing like her .

In this photo I admit she looks a bit like Simona, but the physical resemblance stops here Patricia is thinner and taller than Simona (she is 1m82 tall). But she's a sweet girl and she's definitely a fighter. Was as high as no. 393 in the WTA Rankings, but then she had some back problems (yeah, just like Simona), and her 2013 season was pretty much a fiasco. But she will definitely be at least a top 50 player if she stays healthy.

Good day for Raluca's in doubles today. Besides Olaru/Paszek's win in Barnstaple, Raluca Platon & Diana Buzean won the doubles final in Antalya. Buzean was off for over 2 months after the 25k in Mamaia, but it looks like she's back now.

Another year is gone and still no Romanian tennis player top 10 and no grand slam final of semifinal reached by one of our beloved girl, but let's try to summarize their evolutions with best and worse based on statistics and expectations.

Again, it's that period of year for making analyses. 2013 has been Simona Halep's (sensational) year and even she hasn't reach yet top 10 WTA and at least a Slam SF she filled our hearts with great joy and huge expectations for the years will come.

That top is dominated by Simona, even the best performance was obtained by Sorana with that impressive run at Toronto Premier 5 (her lifetime peak, better than RG 2009). But, this performance is singular for our beauty with no other ones to sustain her ascension to the top. Maybe next year.